The scriptures of Lent in the Church’s daily liturgy invite two related reflections. The weeks immediately preceding Easter call us to walk to Jerusalem in imitation of Christ, so that, at Easter, we too might be blessed with baptismal water and sent into the world on mission. The preceding weeks, those immediately following Ash Wednesday, […]

They had taken my watch, so I don’t know what time it was when I began to go under. It must have been shortly after 9 a.m. The anaesthetist held the syringe vertically and said, “Once I give you this, you’ll be gone in twenty seconds.” Continue Reading »